- The Asian invasion: Asian multinationals come to the
Amazon.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Huge Asian logging corporations are flocking to the Amazon region, threatening to unleash an unprecedented round of intensive logging. The companies are swooping in from Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea - countries that have destroyed more than 50 percent of their original forest ......
- Industrial Technology Development in Malaysia:
industry and firm studies.
Jomo K. S., Greg Felker, Rajah Rasiah, editors (London and New York: Routledge, 1999), xiii+399 pages The development of Malaysia's technological-industrial base since the early 1970s has been no less phenomenal than the industrial transformation and technological catch-up achieved by the Republic of Korea, Taiwan Province of China, Hong Kong ......
- Polyclad's Malaysia facility
certified.
Polyclad Laminates, Inc. (Londonderry, NH, www.cooksonelectronics.com), a Cookson Electronics PWB Materials & Chemistry business, received certification to the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System (QMS) for its Kuching, Malaysia, location. Sirim Qas Sdn. Bhd. conducted the independent, third-party certification. The Malaysia location is compliant to International Standards Organization (ISO) QMS and ......
- Leng Lends Optimism At Asian Amusement Expo
Asia will emerge from its current economic crisis stronger, Singapore Tourism Board Chief Executive Yeo Khee Leng told delegates at the Asian Amusement Expo and Conference.
- The politics of economic chaos in the
Philippines.
MANILA - Philippine President Fidel Ramos fears the future may be slipping away. The gap between the booming economies of the Asian tigers (Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore) and the emerging tigers (Malaysia, Thailand), and the Philippines is huge and growing. While the 1991 Philippine per capita gross ......
- China is tops in electronic exports to the U.S.
China has become the largest single exporter of high-tech goods ,including components and equipment to the U.S. according to a new study. The finding reflects the fact that a growing number of U.S. technology companies have moved manufacturing to China. The study by a trade group AeA, formerly the America ......
- India and the global economy: vast potential but also
difficult challenges.
India's booming knowledge-based sectors demonstrate the power of globalization to transform developing economies. For India, however, these industries are just part of its contribution to the global economy. For a more nuanced picture of India's international economic position, this paper places India in international and historical context, examines its links ......